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The best day of the year so far and as I'd already done 10 days solid on my kitchen I was in need of a little time out and some fresh air. An early start saw me at Travellers Rest for about 9ish and after a stroll through the local roads it was straight into the slow climb up Steel Fell.

Grassy slopes of Steel Fell

The sun was out already and by the time we reached the ridge top both myself and Damson were sweating buckets.

Damson getting warm in sun on way up Steel Fell

Whew !! Its warm

Its a good job we took plenty of fluid as Damson drank about 6lts of water this morning and at only 29cm high thats a lot of water.

Summit of Steel Fell over looking Thirlmere

The stroll round the ridges through Calf Crag, Gibson Knott and on to Helm Crag was glorious and I returned with a healthy glow from the bright sun and light breeze.

View towards Calf Crag from Steel Fell

View to Helm Crag from path between Steel Fell & Calf Crag

Calf Crag Summit (Damsons 13th Wainwright)

Helm Crag from Gibson Knott

It was a walk of two halves as I only saw 3 runners for the entirety of the first 3 hrs until around Gibson Knott when I ran into the first of the coach loads that were there for the Lion & Lamb including quite a number of small kids that tried smothering Damson.

A dog, a lion & a lamb

Damson on Helm Crag

Sun seekers on Helm Crag

Descent from Helm Crag

A thoroughly enjoyable few hours and a walk that I would recommend to all as after the initial climb which is steep in parts, it was view after view for very little effort all finished off with a pint of Hobgoblin from the Travellers.

Path back to Travellers Rest

Last edited by Phooooey on Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:27 pm, edited 2 times in total.